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New Keyboard Aims to Cut Down on Germs

by Peter Mychalcewycz on April 15, 2009 at 04:38 PM


A new keyboard design from Esterline has medical professionals and run-of-the-mill hypochondriacs jumping for joy.

The Medigenic Infection-Control Keyboard is the same size as a traditional keyboard, but differs from its germier predecessors in a few ways. Most importantly, the Medigenic features a flat, touch-type keyboard that is easily wiped down, thus aiding in the prevention of cross-contamination and general germ build-up. The "keys" themselves are really 3-D, graphical representations of regular keys. Audio and visual alerts notify the user when to sanitize the keyboard, which is a good thing, considering we tend to forget to do it. Further helping users to identify cruddy build-up, the keyboard features a backlighting system.

From what we can tell, this is a well designed piece of gadgetry, and, although we are sticking with our good ol' fashioned keyboards for the time being, we think this may just be a viable option come next flu season. [From: OhGizmo]


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